Sidestone Press

Sidestone Press is an academic publishing house founded by scholars, for scholars. As a publisher they have one clear ambition, that is to make scientific information available to all. They believe scientific information should be available at all times, at all places and to each and every one. This means that the printing and selling of books is but one part of what they believe a good publisher should do.

Apart from printed books that can be found in libraries and bookstores around the world, Sidestone books can also be freely accessed online through different channels such as Google Books, Google Scholar and through their own digital ebook library. By offering access to their books for free, more people than ever have access to our publications. First of all this is beneficial for our authors as it greatly increases the exposure of their work, and in effect, the impact of their research. Second, of course, it enables their readers – scholars and students around the world – to access their publications at any time and at any place, including those parts of the world where access to good quality academic libraries is not guaranteed.

From 2012 onwards Sidestone books have been published under one of three different imprints: Sidestone Press Academics, Sidestone Press Dissertations and Sidestone Press.

Heuvels op de Heide Cover Heuvels op de Heide Cover
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Pages: 290
ISBN: 9789088906114
Pub Date: 30 Jun 2021
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Pages: 290
ISBN: 9789088906107
Pub Date: 30 Jun 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
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Some 3000 to 3500 years ago a number of barrows were erected in an area now known as the Slabroekse Heide (Uden, N.-Br.).
Environmental Humanities Cover Environmental Humanities Cover
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Pages: 108
ISBN: 9789464270044
Pub Date: 28 Jun 2021
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Series: CLUES
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Pages: 108
ISBN: 9789464270037
Pub Date: 15 Jun 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: CLUES
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There has been an increasing archaeological interest in human-animal-nature relations, where archaeology has shifted from a focus on deciphering meaning, or understanding symbols and the social construction of the landscape to an acknowledgement of how things, places and the environment contribute with their own agencies to the shaping of relations. This means that the environment cannot be regarded as a blank space that landscape meaning is projected onto. Parallel to this, the field of environmental humanities poses the question of how to work with the intermeshing of humans and their surroundings.
Insights into Social Inequality Cover Insights into Social Inequality Cover
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Pages: 236
ISBN: 9789088909788
Pub Date: 15 Jun 2021
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Series: ROOTS Booklet Series
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Pages: 236
ISBN: 9789088909771
Pub Date: 15 Jun 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: ROOTS Booklet Series
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Social inequality is a subject of contemporary concerns. Life capabilities and the access to resources vary significantly in rich and poor countries, between elites and others. Furthermore, inequalities based on bio-anthropological and non-bio-anthropological causes are almost universal.
Tripolye Typo-chronology Cover Tripolye Typo-chronology Cover
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Pages: 370
ISBN: 9789088909528
Pub Date: 15 Jun 2021
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Series: Scales of Transformation
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Pages: 370
ISBN: 9789088909511
Pub Date: 15 Jun 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Scales of Transformation
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The Tripolye phenomenon, which displays a specific artefact complex and an extraordinary settlement layout, is also known for its so-called ‘mega sites’. Five of the largest ‘mega’ or giant settlements measure between 150-320 ha in size. These, and other big settlements, are concentrated in the Sinyukha River Basin, which is a central part of modern Ukraine.
Breaking and Making the Ancestors Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 280
ISBN: 9789464280012
Pub Date: 15 Jun 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 19fc/58bw
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Towards the capstone of the European Bronze Age, in an area stretching from the Carpathians in the East to the North Sea in the West, vast cremation grave cemeteries occur that are perhaps better known as ‘urnfields.’ Today some 700 of these burial sites have come to light in the Netherlands alone. In this corner of Europe, also known as the ‘Lower-Rhine-Basin,’ these cemeteries are often characterised by vast collections of small burial mounds under which the cremated remains of decedents were buried in small shaft-like pits.
Breaking and Making the Ancestors Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 280
ISBN: 9789464280005
Pub Date: 15 Jun 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 19fc/58bw
Description:
Towards the capstone of the European Bronze Age, in an area stretching from the Carpathians in the East to the North Sea in the West, vast cremation grave cemeteries occur that are perhaps better known as ‘urnfields.’ Today some 700 of these burial sites have come to light in the Netherlands alone. In this corner of Europe, also known as the ‘Lower-Rhine-Basin,’ these cemeteries are often characterised by vast collections of small burial mounds under which the cremated remains of decedents were buried in small shaft-like pits.
Dorestad and its Networks Cover Dorestad and its Networks Cover
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Pages: 216
ISBN: 9789464260045
Pub Date: 05 Jun 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: PALMA
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Pages: 216
ISBN: 9789464260038
Pub Date: 05 Jun 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: PALMA
Illustrations: 142fc/5bw
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Dorestad was the largest town of the Low Countries in the Carolingian era. As a riverine emporium on the northern edge of the Frankish Empire, it functioned as a European junction, connecting the Viking world with the Continent. In 2019, the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden hosted its quinquennial international congress based around Dorestad, located at present-day Wijk bij Duurstede.
Hortfunde der Spätbronze- und Früheisenzeit Cover Hortfunde der Spätbronze- und Früheisenzeit Cover
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Pages: 210
ISBN: 9789464280074
Pub Date: 05 Jun 2021
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Pages: 210
ISBN: 9789464280067
Pub Date: 05 Jun 2021
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Illustrations: 10fc/43bw
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In dieser Dissertation hat José Eduardo M. de Medeiros einen neuen theoretischen Ansatz mit der Untersuchung konkreter Probleme in der Bronze- und Eisenzeitforschung Mitteleuropas in Einklang gebracht. Das ursprüngliche Ziel war die Untersuchung der Schmuckhorte der Spätbronzezeit in Frankreich.
Mégalithismes et Monumentalismes Funéraires Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 376
ISBN: 9789088909894
Pub Date: 05 Jun 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 207fc/34bw
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La publication des actes du colloque « Mégalithismes et monumentalismes funéraires : passé, présent, futur » reprend les trois grands thèmes de ces rencontres internationales en offrant une large place aux études récentes du mégalithisme en Europe ainsi qu’à l’ethnoarchéologie et aux questions de valorisation et de conservation de ce patrimoine fragile. Les contributions d’experts internationaux montrent tout l’intérêt de voir au-delà du monument afin de comprendre son insertion dans le paysage et sa relation avec les autres structures archéologiques. Sur cette question, les outils sont aujourd’hui aussi nombreux que variés : études paléoenvironnementales, prospections multi-méthodes (LiDAR, géophysique), analyses spatiales (SIG) ou encore fouilles extensives.
Mégalithismes et monumentalismes funéraires Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 376
ISBN: 9789088909900
Pub Date: 05 Jun 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 207fc/34bw
Description:
La publication des actes du colloque « Mégalithismes et monumentalismes funéraires : passé, présent, futur » reprend les trois grands thèmes de ces rencontres internationales en offrant une large place aux études récentes du mégalithisme en Europe ainsi qu’à l’ethnoarchéologie et aux questions de valorisation et de conservation de ce patrimoine fragile. Les contributions d’experts internationaux montrent tout l’intérêt de voir au-delà du monument afin de comprendre son insertion dans le paysage et sa relation avec les autres structures archéologiques. Sur cette question, les outils sont aujourd’hui aussi nombreux que variés : études paléoenvironnementales, prospections multi-méthodes (LiDAR, géophysique), analyses spatiales (SIG) ou encore fouilles extensives.
Vernetzte Bilder Cover Vernetzte Bilder Cover
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Pages: 318
ISBN: 9789464280043
Pub Date: 05 Jun 2021
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Illustrations: 376fc/4bw
Pages: 318
ISBN: 9789464280036
Pub Date: 05 Jun 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Illustrations: 376fc/4bw
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Welche Bedeutung griechische Münzbilder in der Antike hatten, ist in der Forschung vielfach hinterfragt und äußerst divergent beantwortet worden. Selten sind Münzen und deren Bildmotive zeitlich und regional übergreifend untersucht worden, denn meist stehen ikonografische Betrachtungen von einzelnen Münztypen innerhalb eines eng umrissenen Zeitraums im Vordergrund. Ulrike Wolf legt mit ihrer Dissertationsschrift „Vernetzte Bilder“ eine Arbeit vor, bei der die Diskussion der Rolle von Münzbildern innerhalb des Machtdiskurses im gesamten westlichen Mittelmeerraum von 500-100 v.
God on Earth: Emperor Domitian Cover God on Earth: Emperor Domitian Cover
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Pages: 176
ISBN: 9789088909559
Pub Date: 05 May 2021
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Series: PALMA
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Pages: 176
ISBN: 9789088909542
Pub Date: 05 May 2021
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Series: PALMA
Illustrations: 56fc/42bw
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In life, the emperor Domitian (81-96 CE) marketed himself as a god; after his assassination he was condemned to be forgotten. Nonetheless he oversaw a literary, cultural, and monumental revival on a scale not witnessed since Rome’s first emperor, Augustus. In tandem with an exhibition in the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden in Leiden and the Mercati Traianei in Rome, planned for 2021-2022, this volume offers a fresh perspective on Domitian and his reign.
Beyond Use-Wear Traces Cover Beyond Use-Wear Traces Cover
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Pages: 350
ISBN: 9789464260014
Pub Date: 23 Apr 2021
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Pages: 350
ISBN: 9789464260007
Pub Date: 23 Apr 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Description:
This book brings together 30 papers by leading scholars in the field of usewear and residue analysis. This publication aims to revive the debate on the role of traceology (use-wear and residues) in multidisciplinary approaches that address archaeological questions. Many studies on technological aspects of material culture deal with specific material categories (e.
Museum, Magic, Memory Cover Museum, Magic, Memory Cover
Format: 
Pages: 318
ISBN: 9789088906367
Pub Date: 20 Apr 2021
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Series: Pacific Presences
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Pages: 318
ISBN: 9789088906350
Pub Date: 20 Apr 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Pacific Presences
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Museum Magic Memory reveals and responds to the challenges that curators today must embrace when exhibiting the ethnographic collections of the past with the aim of establishing new relations for the future.
Bridging Social and Geographical Space through Networks Cover Bridging Social and Geographical Space through Networks Cover
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Pages: 130
ISBN: 9789464270013
Pub Date: 16 Apr 2021
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Pages: 130
ISBN: 9789464270006
Pub Date: 16 Apr 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
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This volume represents a bold attempt by the editors to bring scholars from distinct research orientations together, to discuss the interplay between the geographic and social dimensions of different kinds of interaction networks. Within the humanities, networks afford an umbrella of approaches to the study of social relations and their patterning, both through qualitative and quantitative applications, with two main perspectives standing out: those centered on space and those concerned with the social dimension of interaction. In this book, we aim to highlight the potential for integrating these different research directions and identify common ground for developing new interdisciplinary insights.
Under the Mediterranean I Cover Under the Mediterranean I Cover
Format: 
Pages: 380
ISBN: 9789088909467
Pub Date: 31 Mar 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Honor Frost Foundation Research Publication
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Pages: 380
ISBN: 9789088909450
Pub Date: 31 Mar 2021
Imprint: Sidestone Press
Series: Honor Frost Foundation Research Publication
Illustrations: 285col/28bw
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This volume is a collection of 19 articles in three sections reporting on recent research on the archaeology of shipwrecks, harbours, and maritime landscapes in the Mediterranean region. The shipwrecks section looks at excavated vessels from Mazotos, Modi Island, the port of Rhodes, Naples, and Narbonne, as well as a sailing reconstruction of the Ma‘agan Mikhael ship. The harbours section includes articles on areas from the Levant to Seville looking at a variety of harbour defence systems and dockyards dating from the Hellenistic period to the 12th century AD.